Book Trailers

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Lesson Plans for week of May 13th


Create Book Trailers:

Step One: Study the Masters


***Tip: Always include the Title and Author of the book.

Step Two: Tell a story

  • select images that show the tone of the book, Scary, suspenseful, futuristic, romantic? (are there any symbols or metaphors that stand out, what do you think the characters look like, how do you picture the setting?)
  • select short, snappy text (What words might propel the trailer, often text posed in the form of a question works best)
  • try a voiceover

Step Three: Search for images and music on royalty-free sites

  • look at the links to the left for images and use Soundzabound for music
  • select music and sound effects

Step Four: Use the right tool for the job

  • Animoto
  • Windows Movie Maker
  • Please remember to select "Finish Movie," in windows movie maker. Once you select this option you will want to choose e-mail movie. Even if you do not plan on e-mailing you must save the movie with the correct file extension .wmv. If you have questions please ask Ms. Lopez or follow the tutorial with the above link :)
  • One True Media

Step Five: Ready, Set, Launch!

  • Does it make me curious about the book?
  • Do the transitions make sense?
  • Do the graphics fit the tone of the book?
  • Does it grab my attention?
  • Does it address the key points on my learning rubric?


Royalty Free Music


Remember "popular music," is not Royalty Free. Anytime someone plays Tik Tok, Ke$ha receives a royalty ($$$). You can use commonly used songs but only 10% or 30 seconds of the song, anything else is a copyright violation. Remember if you choose to not use Soundzabound or another royalty free site you can only play your presentation for educational use and it cannot be posted on the web.
Thanks to a student for bringing these other music sites to my attention.
ccMixter
Freesound
  • SoundzaboundFind an abundance of royalty free music choices using Soundzabound. VHS has a subscription so don't forget the username and password

Photography Links

Important Copyright Information: Your credit information should be in the opening credits and include the following kid friendly notice.
  • NOTICE: I used other people's stuff to make this project. I followed rules. Please do not copy it.
  • Additonally, each image used must have the name of the copyright owner attached to the image. Provide the following information if available (author, title, publisher, and place and date of publication).
  • ~From Legal Issues for School Librarians
  • prepared by Schwartz & Eichelbaumwww.edlaw.com
    • 4 free photosFree Photos offers public domain and free stock images that are able to be previewed and downloaded (and used in presentations, handouts, etc.) at no cost.
    • Morgue fileFree images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!
    • Google ImagesDon't forget to give credit for pictures taken off the Web. Many of these images are subject to copyright.
    • Flickr: Creative CommonsAs long as you provide credit, images from this site can be used without looking for copyright holder information.
    • Wikimedia CommonsA database of 1,815,754 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
    • Book CoversUse the card catalog to obtain images of book covers.
    • iPiccy
      Photo editor that allows you to quickly put text on pictures. This is a great way to credit the creator of any images you use!
    • Creative CommonsSearch Flickr, Yahoo!, Google, OWL Music Search, SpinXpress, and BlipTV to "find Creative Commons-licensed media that you can legally share and reuse for free"
    • WordleWhy not create a great slide using Wordle? Create a Wordle, click on print screen, open in paint, cut out the wordle, open new window, save as jpeg.